The world indoor track and field championships set for Nanjing, China, have been postponed for the second time this year and will now take place in 2023, three years after they were originally scheduled.
The meet was first pushed from March 2020 to March 2021 as the coronavirus began spreading last winter.
Now it will be in March 2023.
“Given the current global situation, there is still significant uncertainty about the state of the Covid-19 pandemic in the early part of 2021,” according to World Athletics this week. “We must duly consider the risks in bringing a large group of people to attend the event under the pandemic situation.